Lancaster in numbers
- Coordinates
- 32.5923, -96.7738
- Population
- 38 801
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1909 km away
- Same name
- 37 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lancaster, Texas, United States
This page holds the current clock reading for Lancaster, Texas, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Lancaster, United States
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Lancaster
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Lancaster, Texas.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:36 AM Solar noon 1:13 PM Sunset 6:50 PM Daylight 11 h 14 min Night 12 h 46 min Civil twilight 7:11 AM – 7:15 PM
Weather in Lancaster right now
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Lancaster and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01523
- 03584
- 14086
- 17601
- 17602
- 17603
- 17604
- 17605
- 17606
- 17607
- 17608
- 17611
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Texas
- Houston 2 314 157
- San Antonio 1 526 656
- Dallas 1 326 087
- Fort Worth 1 008 106
- Austin 974 447
- El Paso 678 815
Other places named Lancaster
- Lancaster California, United States
- Lancaster Pennsylvania, United States
- Lancaster England, United Kingdom
- Lancaster Ohio, United States
- Lancaster New York, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
Local time details for Lancaster
12 postal codes cover the territory of Lancaster.
Local clocks in Lancaster follow the America/Chicago zone, UTC−5. Do they shift for daylight saving? Yes.
The sun rises at 7:36 AM above Lancaster and sets at 6:50 PM today. Daylight lasts about 11 h 14 min.
Whatever the hour in Lancaster, it is the same in Elva and Desoto.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone contains Lancaster?
- Lancaster is in America/Chicago, which has an offset of −5.
- Do the clocks in Lancaster go back at any point?
- Yes.
- Tell me the sunset hour in Lancaster.
- The sunset hour is 6:50 PM.